Speed-reduction cear



L. E. G.. BUEHLER.

SPEED REDucnoN GEAH.

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SPEED-REDUGTION GEAR.

Original application filed January 29, 1920, Serial No. 354,782. Divided and this application filed specification of Letters Patent.

Patena Mar.. 7,1922.

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Be it known that I, Louis E. G. BUnH- Lnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot' Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain .new and useful linprovements in Speed- Reduction Gears, of which the following is a specification. V

My invention relates to power transnnssions gears and has special reference to power transmission spur gear sets which are particularly adapted to effect a relatlvely large reduction in speed.

One :important 'feature of my invention relates to the provision of means whereby the power delivery sha't't or' shafts are selflooking,` against rotation by power applied directly thereto. making the device especially usefulv 'for hoisting' purposes.

.Another important feature relates to details ot' construction and assembly, whereby substantially all of the moving gears are built into a unit'ary rigjid. structure remova' ble a. whole from the gear casino;

This present application is a divisioni of my co-pending application, Serial No. 35a,- 782, since matured into Patent No. 1,389,- 622.

My invention will be made clear by the following description taken in conjnction with the accompanying drawings, in which have illustrated a preferred embodiment thereof.

In said drawingszi Figure 1 is a plan section of apower transmission gear constructed in accordance with my invention and taken onthe line 1--l of Figure 2;

Figure 2 is a Vertical section of the same on the line 2-2 ot' Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a Vertical section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; i

Figure l is a plan view of the removable gear unit;

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the removable gear unit; and

Figure 6 is a detail section on the lin 6-6 of lfigure 1.

lt should be understood that the' use of the ,terms horizontal.` Vertical, etc., are nierely for the purpose of giving a clear understanding of the form of the devicem illustrated andV in no Wise limit the invention Vexcept as to the relative positions of the several elements.

The device as illnstrated consists ofia suitable casing 1 in which the gearing Vis cnclosed and which is designed to contain a suitable luhricative for the several bearings and gears. The casing comprises a cylindriral central shell 2 which for convenience of manufactnre and assembly l make open at each end, closingv it at one end by a head 3 and at the opposite end a head 4. The heads 3 and 4: are provided with central outwardly projecting hubs 5 and 6 respectively, forrning bearings for powerv delivery shafts 7 and 8 respectively, which constitute the driven or slow' speed shafts and between its ends said cylndrical casing 2 is provided with a laterally extending hub project-ion 9 which constitutes a bearing for a driving" or hio'h speed shaft 10. Preferebly, though not necessarily, the axis of the shaft 10 is arranged at right angles to the alig'ned axes of the driven shafts 7 and 8. 'lhe casing` may be provided with suitable means for rigidly mounting it, such for instance, as `the foot brackets 11. i

The inner end oi' the high speed driving shaft 10 carries a bevel pinion 12 which is secured rigidly thereon, either by means of suitable keys or by being made integral therewith. This pinion meshes with abevel gear 13 which is carried on the inner end of the driven shaft 8, being suitably keyed or otherwise rigidly secured thereon.

The bearing 6 for the shaft 8 is extended within the casing by means of a concentric bearing 14 upon thel inner end, of which is rigidly niounted a spin' pinion by 'suitable means such as .screws 15'. ln axial alignment with the pinion 15, which stands still. and through which the sha'ft 8 projects, I provide a second spur pinion 16 rigidly m ounted on the inner end of the driven shaft 7 so that when the pinion 16 is rotated the shaft is likewise rotated. p

The shatt 8, as explained, is rotated directly from the driven shaft 10 through the bevel pinion 12 and the bevel gear 18 and is driven at a speed determined by the speed of the shaft 10 and the ratio of these two bevel gears.

For driving the shaft 7 at a much lower speed I provide means which engage the fixed or stationary pinion 15 and the pinion 16 which is fixed to the shaft 7. As a foundation for this slow driving of theshaft- 7 I make the two pinions 15 and16 slig'htly different in diameter, as shown in the drawings, the pinion 16 is one tooth larger than the pinion 15. The pinion 15 has 19 teeth and the pinion 16 has 20 teeth. By this means I provide a differential speed relation which I make use of for oausing the shaft 7 1 to rotate at a very low speed.

For operatively connecting these differential pinions I provide intermediate planetary shafts 17 mounted in the web of the bevel vgear 13j parallel with the axes of' the driven shafts 7 and 8. Preferably for the purpose of distributing the strains of the operation in a Inanner to produce the least side pressureI provide three of these auxiliary or intermediate shafts. Each of the shafts 17 carry rigid the'rewith two pinions 18 and 19 the intermediate shafts 17 and the pl anetary pinio'nsfcarried thereby I provide a frame consisting of a bearing` plate 20 at oneV end andzaf similar bearing plate 21 at the opposrte end. rI`l'iese plates are made rigid with 'the lievel gear 13 by means of three holts 22 i sp'aced between the three shafts 17 and suitable' spacers 23 and24z arranged between the beffel gear and, the bearing plates 20, 21 respectively.

The bearing plate 20 is centered on a central projection on'the inner surface of the head 3, and the hearing plate 21 is likewise `centered on a central projection or bearingI 26' on thel head 1. The two ends of the shafts ;p 17 enter suitable bearing' openings in the two W the she-ft 8 as a unitary structure, and all of pinion 12 is then placed in position.

the several parts are securely supported in proper relative Operating` positions.

i In assembling Vthe gear the. fixed spur pinionl 15 is first fiXed position on the head 1. The driving shaft l10 with its bevel y The bevel gear 13 is secured to the shaft 8 and the intermediate or palnetary gearing is tion.

rotated on their own axes the proportion be-' be first secured to the casing then the unitary r structure can he entered into the casmg from the opposite end and then the head 3 with the shaft 7 can be placed in position and se 'c-ured. The asseinbling and dissembling of the transmission is very easy. p

In operation, as will now be clear, the shaft 8 has a. speed slower than the driving shaft by the ratio of the bevel gears 12 and 13.

11s the pinion15'` is fixed or stationary the pinio'nslS roll around thereon as the bevel gear 13 revolves, thus causing the shafts 17 to rotate on'their aXes as they are carried around. by the bevel gear In the drawlngs the pinions 17 and 19 each have twelve teeth and they are formed to pro'perly mesh and work respectively in the spur pinions 15 'an-d 16.

shafts 17 will bez carried bodily around the axial center line of theshaft 7 one revolu- At the same time the shafts 17 will be tween the number of teeth on the pinion '18 and the fixed pinion 15, or as 19 to 12, with the result that there will be a rotation of the shaft .7 produced which is proportional to In one rotation of the bevel gear 13 the i the total number of teeth at the two ends of the shafts 17. As in the present form there are thirty-one teeth at one end and thirty two teeth at the other the raio will be as 1 to 31 and consequently the speed of the shaft 7 in relation to the speed of the driving shaft 10 will be as 1 to 31 multiplied by the ratio between the gears 12 and 13; Or as-` surning this latter to be '5 the speed of the shaft 7 will be approxirnately 1/150th of the speed of the driving` shaft 10` i This may he more clearly understood when it is recognized that if the intermeshing gears at the two ends of the shafts 17 were i'dentical the driven shaft 7 would stand still and not rotajte at all as the planetary pinions 13 and 19 would roll around the pinions 15 and 16 vrespectively without disturbing,` their relative positions. 'But when we increase the teeth on the pinion 16 one more than the number on the pinionl we' have caused the shaft 7 to he rotated sufiiciently 'in one revolution of the bevel gear 13 to allowfor this difference.

A very important feature of fmy novel spur gear speed reduction gear is that rotational eifort applied 'directly to the outer drive shaft 7 is not effective to ro-tate the shaft. In other words, the ``gear is self-lockinp; as to .such sourceof rotation.

This arises out of the opposite rotational efort whichl is produced upon the gear 13 by the attempt torotate the shaft 7 directly.

The first is the bodily'rotation of the gear in the same direction as the shaft 7 by reason of the interlock of the pinion 16 with the planetary gears 19, and the otheris the effort to rotate the gear 13 in the opposite direction by reason of the engagement of the planetary gears 19 and with the fixed pinion 15. These two opposite rotational efforts result in the absolute looking of the gear with its shaft 8 and consequently the driving shaft 10 against any rotation by reason of rotational e'fl'ort applied directly to the shaft 7- As many modifications of my invention will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, I do not limit or confine my invention to the specific details of construction herein shown and described, such being merely typical of a suitable embodiment of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a speed reducing gear, a casing, aligned bearings in the casing, shafts rotatably mounted in said bearings, a third shaft rotatably mounted in bearings on said casing and constituting a driving shaft arrangecl at an angle to said first shafts, a bevel-toothed pinion rigid with the angular shaft, and an intermeshing bevel-toothed Gear rigid with one of said aligned shafts for rotating same, a pinion on the inner end of the other aligned shaft, a fiXed pinion within the casing co-axial with said aligned shafts, planetary gears carried by said bevel gear and operatively connecting said fixed pinion and said pinion on the inner end of the aligned shaft, the gear ratios of said planetary gear connections being such as to cause the shaft carrying the pinion to rotate at a relatively low speed.

2. In a spur gear speed reducing mechanism, a casing, two aligned shafts rotatably mounted in the casing, a lateral shaft, beveled gears connecting the lateral shaft with one of the aligned shafts, a fixed pinion co-axial with the aligned shaft carrying the beveled gear, a similar pinion carried by the other aligned shaft, and planetary gears rigidly mounted on the shaft carried by the beveled gear adapted to interinesh with the fixed pinion and the pinion on the aligned shaft, the beveled gear and its aligned shaft with the planetary gears and their shafts forming a unitary structure removable from and replaceable in the casing as a unit.

3. In a spur gear speed reduction device, two aligned driven shafts and a lateral driving shaft, bevel gears connecting the lateral shaft with one of the aligned shafts, a fixed pinion co-axial with the aligned shaft which carries the beveled gear, a similar pinion fixed to the other aligned shaft,planetary shafts journaled in the beveled gear, bearing plates rigid with the beveled gear, one

on each side thereof and in which said -planetary shafts are rotatably mou'nted,

pinions at one end meshing with the fixed pinions, and the several pinions at the other end of said planetary shaft meshing with said pinion fixed on one of said aligned shafts, the gear' ratios of the intermeshing pinions atl the two ends of the planetary shafts being different to cause the aligned shaft carrying the pinion fixed thereon to rotate at a relatively low speed.

4. In a spur gear speed reduction device, having a driving shaft and two aligned driven shafts, beveled gears operatively connecting the driving shaft with one of said alignedv shafts, a fixed pinion co-axial with said aligned shaft which carries the beveled gear', a similar pinion fixed upon the inner end of the other aligned shaft, planetary gear means carried by the beveled gear and meshing with both of said co-axial pinions, the ratio between said two co-axial pinions being such as to'cause the second aligned shaft to rotate when the beveled gear rotates, said second aligned shaft being locked against rotation except as to rotational efl'ort applied through said planetary gear means.

5. A power transmission gear comprising a casing eqnipped with bearings having axes extending angularly relatively to each other, shafts journaled in said respective bearings, intermeshing bevel gears associated with two of said relatively angularly disposed shafts a gear element rigid with said casng, planetary idle gears meshing With said rigid gear and operatively engaged with one of said bevel gears for actuation thereby, and spur gear connection between said planetary gears and one of the shafts journaled in one of the bearings of said housing for rotating same at a relatively low speed.

6. A power transmission gear comprising a casing having two axially aligned bearings at opposite ends and a bearing extending laterally thereof, a sha-ft journaled in each of said bearings intermeshing gear elements rigid respectively with two of said shafts, a gear element rigid with the housing idle gears meshing therewith and operatively associated with one of the first named intermeshing gears for actuation thereby, and means operatively connecting said idle gears with the remaining shaft for actuating the latter at a great-ly reduced speed.

7. A powertransmission gear comprising a casing having two axially aligned bearings at opposite ends and a bearing extending laterally thereof,V a shaft journaled in each of said bearings, a bevel gear rigid with one of the axially aligned shafts, a bevel pinion RIS en the laterally dsposed shaft meshng therewith7 a gear element rigid With the housng and dsposed co-axial with the axielly aligned shafts, planetary dle gears meshing With Said rgd gear element and operatvely essoclated With said bevel gear for actuaton by the letter, and espur pin- 'ion on the other axially aligned ``shaft operativel'y associated With said pla-netary gears Sgned at Chicago, in the Vcunty of Cook LOUIS E. G. BUEHLER. 

